compress_entire_directory_to_tar_archive
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| - | ==== .tar Syntax | + | ==== Create |
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| The basic syntax for tar is quite simple, here is an example: | The basic syntax for tar is quite simple, here is an example: | ||
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| tar -pcvzf archive.tar /home/work | tar -pcvzf archive.tar /home/work | ||
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| + | ==== Decompress .tar File ==== | ||
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| + | To decompress the .tar file, we use the same tar command, we must use the same switches if we wish to preserve the file/folder structure and the file/folder permissions (permissions are very important). | ||
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| + | To decompress the archive.tar file we created earlier, use the following command: | ||
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| + | tar -pcvzf archive.tar | ||
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